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Chapter 0518: Celestial Novice Genius Showdown
What was the most exciting today in the Revolving Jade City? It was not an auction, nor the Orchid Borough Celestial River's genius tryouts, as it had not started yet. Instead, it was the match between Revolving Jade City's two most prominent combat arenas. The challenger was Suo Qiaoye of the Gale Arena, and the other side was Wanderer, someone who recently shot to fame in the Celestial Forest Arena.
Yes, it was a fight between two Celestial Novice Cultivators.
If it were just a fight between two ordinary Celestial Novice Cultivators, the match would not have any meaning. However, these two Celestial Novice Cultivators were both extraordinary Celestial Novice Cultivators, someone who had undertaken several level-surpassing challenges.
One could find a few Celestial Novice Cultivators who could fight in level-surpassing challenges against Celestial Shatterer Cultivators; however, Celestial Novice Cultivators who could take on level-surpassing challenges against Celestial Gatherer Cultivators and even kill Celestial Gatherer Cultivators were rare. The two men duelling today were precisely those rare Celestial Novice Cultivators who have killed Celestial Gatherer Cultivators.
One was Wanderer, a perineal starry skies' wanderer and the other one was the Premier Champion of the Gale Arena.
Almost every cultivator within the starry skies had a deep understanding of the difficulties relating to level-surpassing challenges. Within cultivation realms, challenging someone just a level above already proved challenging; however, for someone from a lower cultivation realm challenging someone at a higher cultivation realm, the difficulty was beyond imagination. For a Celestial Novice Cultivator undertaking level-surpassing challenges against Celestial Gatherer Cultivators, the term 'level-surpassing' could no longer apply to it. It even involved a difference in Attributes, Domains, Intent Fields, Spiritual Techniques and various other factors.
In addition to this, there was one other important thing. That is, one needed to have talent. Without talent, every other factor remained useless.
Without all these conditions, how could the two Celestial Novice Cultivators survive against challenges issued by Celestial Gatherer Cultivators? These factors were what made this match even more appealing and attracted some of the cultivators in the Celestial Bridge Realm to come to observe the game.
For the two combat arenas, this showdown was not only a gamble of Celestial Coins between the two sides; it also involved the reputation of the two combat arenas.
Celestial Forest Arena's Steward Zeng accompanied Ning Cheng to the stadium. On reaching, Ning Cheng discovered that all the battle rings had vanished and the place had turned into a single huge auditorium. Only the 19th Battle Ring existed. Moreover, they even raised the 19th Battle Ring, apart from moving it to the centre, which made it even more conspicuous.
Ning Cheng did not overthink about this match. He had already seen Suo Qiaoye's fight and had already concluded that he definitely was an expert. However, Ning Cheng was also not bad himself, how many cultivators had a Starry Skies' Sea of Consciousness? How many cultivators had a Spiritual Consciousness like him? However, he also knew that he lacked a powerful Spiritual Consciousness Cultivation Method currently. If he had a powerful Spiritual Consciousness Cultivation Method, he could not help but think if he could use it to transform his Spiritual Consciousness into something tangible to attack.
Moreover, that was not his only advantage. After obtaining the Wishful Treasure Light Silk, he managed to upgrade his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds to four pairs of shimmering lights. The previous speed from having three pairs of glittering lights had already shocked him. Now that he had four pairs of glittering lights, even if he were not an opponent of Suo Qiaoye, the other party would also not have an easy time killing him.
The Man Lun Starry Skies had many geniuses, while Suo Qiaoye was only a single opponent on the long road ahead in the starry skies. If he cannot even overcome this minor opponent, Ning Cheng should not even think of reaching the level of tearing Planar Boundaries in the future. Also, he should also forget about meeting Eldest Brother Cang Wei, who usually roamed in the most active areas in the universe.
"Dao Friend Wanderer, you don't have to worry too much. That Suo Qiaoye is not as terrible as the rumours." Seeing Ning Cheng looking around, Zeng Chuxiong thought that Ning Cheng felt a little worried about Suo Qiaoye and tried to comfort him.
Zeng Chuxiong suspected that Suo Qiaoye had concealed some of his skills. However, all of his battles were straight, unlike Ning Cheng who thoroughly planned and prepared for each of his fights. Moreover, he also had speculations that Ning Cheng had also concealed a portion of his skills; as such, he felt somewhat optimistic of Ning Cheng's chances.
Moreover, even if Celestial Forest Arena's Wanderer lost, the impact on the Celestial Forest Arena would be far less than if the Gale Arena's side lost. The Celestial Forest Arena had already discussed the issue and would respond appropriately. If Ning Cheng lost, they would immediately announce that Ning Cheng had never signed a contract with their arena, thereby minimising the impact on the combat arena. After all, Wanderer had only stayed at the Celestial Forest Arena for ten days, while the other party's Suo Qiaoye had remained with them for several years.
However, at the same time, if Gale Arena's Suo Qiaoye lost, the Gale Arena would take a massive hit to its reputation, while simultaneously enhancing Celestial Forest Arena's reputation tremendously.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the match between two level-surpassing Celestial Novice Champions. Wanderer from the Celestial Forest Arena and Gale Arena's Suo Qiaoye……"
A pretty-looking female cultivator's words had not finished when a violent Celestial Essence Force slammed her back towards the end of the battle ring.
"Get out of the way. I am here to fight someone, not to hear you talk about it. Wanderer, get your ass out here. I've been waiting too long for this." Just as the pretty-looking female cultivator skid to the edge of the battle ring, a rough voice immediately sounded out.
Although the sound felt as loud as flood bells, it was not harsh to the ears. However, the cultivator who spoke was actually a thin young man who did not look strong at all, giving everyone a feeling or disconnect.
This young man was not only thin but also fair-skinned. However, most of the spectating cultivators knew who this person was. It was the Premier Champion of Gale Arena, Suo Qiaoye.
Ning Cheng seeing Suo Qiaoye blatantly call out to him unhurriedly stood up and casually made his way to the battle ring.
The pretty-looking female cultivator, the one pushed aside by Suo Qiaoye, seeing that both the experts had made their way to the stage, immediately backed down from the scene.
"So you are Wanderer, huh? It looks like you had quite the rewarding experience wandering the starry skies, even managing to beat Celestial Gatherer Cultivators." Suo Qiaoye looked at Ning Cheng and spoke in a dull tone; however, his voice remained loud.
Ning Cheng, however, replied in with a slightly hoarse voice, "That's right, I am Wanderer. Let us finish this quickly. I don't have much time to grind with you and have other matters to take care of."
Although Ning Cheng spoke in an indifferent tone, he remained very cautious in his heart. Although Suo Qiaoye had a single Celestial Wheel behind him, this Celestial Wheel already looked very bright. Combined with stimulating his Celestial Essence, his Celestial Wheel had reached a level of dazzling brightness. To the point that it looked like a dazzling rainbow that hurt one's eyes if they looked at it for too long, giving that fellow a very astonishing grandeur.
"HHHHa…." Suo Qiaoye suddenly laughed, "I've always been the one to say those words to my opponent; however, I did not expect that someone would spit back those same exact words to me today. All right, I'll indulge you."
After finishing, Suo Qiaoye brought out his chessboard, two of the chess pieces immediately smashed out towards Ning Cheng with sounds of cleaving through the air.
Ning Cheng raised his hand and brought out his Treasured Thunder Spear; although faint Thunder Wisps lingered around his hand, he did not immediately attack.
The moment those two chess pieces approached near to Ning Cheng, they immediately separated in opposite directions and began to circle around him. The chess pieces started rotating faster and faster and finally reached a point that even their shadows turned invisible. Only a vague ripple shape remained visible in the surroundings.
Ning Cheng remained expressionless. After ten days of fighting in the battle ring, he had encountered a variety of cultivators. Moreover, he had even seen Suo Qiaoye's Battle Crystal Ball previously; as such, he knew that the ripples formed by these two chess pieces were actually his Domain. This kind of Domain was not similar to Gongxi Kui's tangible Yellow Sands Domain, but was something in between tangible and intangible, and extremely difficult to bind.
While Suo Qiaoye's chess pieces triggered his Domain, Ning Cheng also extended out his Domain. Ning Cheng's Domain was something invisible, and half of his Domain's strength originated from his powerful Starry Skies' Sea of Consciousness.
Since the start of his cultivation, his Spiritual Consciousness had remained stronger than the Spiritual Consciousness of other average cultivators. Later, when entering the Tian Continent from the Le Continent, he had experienced the turbulent flows of the Chaotic Star Space, which allowed his Spiritual Consciousness to undergo quenching, turning it even more powerful. Because of this, he unknowingly managed to grasp a rudimentary understanding of Domains when in the Sea Opening Realm. Due to all these factors, the moment he advanced to the Domain Realm, his Domain had immediately reached grand completion.
When the two people's Domain confronted each other, the surrounding space immediately burst with creaking-like sounds; it gave the feeling that space itself was twisting and distorting while reorganising at the same time. Ning Cheng felt slightly more confident in his heart that although this Suo Qiaoye had strength, he could still cope with it. Moreover, he had not wholly unleashed his Domain either as he felt that it would turn out better if he held back a few tricks.
"Somewhat interesting." Suo Qiaoye could feel that Ning Cheng's Domain had blocked his dual chess piece Domain and suddenly laughed. Flicking his hand slightly, another chess piece rushed out. From the looks of it, such moves came naturally to him through practice.
Ning Cheng did not pay much attention to Suo Qiaoye; instead, the Treasured Thunder Spear in his hand transformed into a faint Thunder Shadow as it shot out.
"Ka….." An ear-splitting explosion rang out over the battle ring. The spectating cultivators felt excited that these two fellows had begun fighting almost immediately. Moreover, from their viewpoint, it did not look like either of them was holding out. The thundering explosion from before instigated the spectators even more.
A powerful Celestial Essence Force counter-attack surged over. Ning Cheng could feel it immediately and thought that even the Celestial Gatherer Cultivators he fought against before did not have such a robust Celestial Essence Force. Fortunately, he had tempered himself in the arena for more than ten days, allowing his Celestial Essence Force to surge. Otherwise, he would have split a mouthful of blood during the last exchange.
Suo Qiaoye on seeing that Ning Cheng did not suffer anything felt surprised in his heart. With the strength of his Celestial Essence, even ordinary Celestial Gatherer Cultivators would find it difficult to resist, yet this minor Celestial Novice Cultivator had not only blocked it, but he also did not suffer any damage. Possessing such fame, it indeed was not just empty talk.
"If that is all that you have, then it is the end for you today." Suo Qiaoye's voice remained loud. Although those words were for Ning Cheng, the entire arena could hear it clearly.
Another three chess pieces descended at the same time. Two of those chess pieces rushed into Suo Qiaoye's Domain, while the last chess piece combined forces with the other chess piece and transformed into two large chess peaks before smashing down towards Ning Cheng's head.
It was a simple and straightforward move, but also very useful. Suo Qiaoye had used this very move to kill countless people without any exception. With the addition of two more chess pieces, the chess Domain immediately enhanced. Even if the opponent's Domain could resist it previously, with his Domain improving in strength that resistance would quickly collapse. At least until now, he had not encountered anyone who could remain safe under his Domain created by four chess pieces.
His four chess piece Domain had directly locked down everything within its area. As long as one ended up bound by his Domain, they could only watch his chess peaks descend on them, smashing them into a pile of flesh and blood.
Suo Qiaoye very much loved this direct and effective method, and every time he used this method, his opponent would always turn into a bloody meat paste. This, in its own twisted way, made him feel happy and comfortable in his heart.
He had already paid enough attention to Ning Cheng, who had forced him to use six chess pieces. An opponent who could force him to use six chess pieces at the same time, Suo Qiaoye had never encountered one before, until today.
It was not that he had no choice to use such a method; he just did not want to drag things out with a Celestial Novice Cultivator as an opponent. Dragged down by a minor Celestial Novice Cultivator, it only felt as if he lost face. For him, other Celestial Novice Cultivators were nothing but weak ants and fakes, only his Celestial Novice Cultivation was the real Celestial Novice Cultivation.
However, at this instant, Suo Qiaoye felt as if something had gone horribly wrong. His chess Domain formed by four chess pieces had not bound the opponent even minutely. Nor did it occupy any advantage in the Domain confrontation between the two sides.
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Chapter 0519: I Didn't Do My Best
"Boom-Boom…." Two explosions rang out over from somewhere above, Suo Qiaoye did not see the scene of Ning Cheng crushed to a meat paste. He only saw a long spear flashing with thunder wisps supporting two mountain-like chess pieces on its tip. He had just figured out that Ning Cheng had still not used his full strength when a fist slammed over. It was a fist formed entirely of a strong and murderous Axe Intent.
Ning Cheng felt somewhat helpless in this situation. His 36 Cosmic True Devil Axes suffered complete destruction. Otherwise, with his present cultivation, he could arrange a Furious Axe Array Formation in an instant.
Suo Qiaoye felt incomparably shocked with the current development. The opponent's domain was as formidable as his own Domain. That itself had left him shocked, now he found that even the quality of the opponent's Celestial Essence was not any weaker than his own, which left him flabbergasted. Blocking his two descending chess pieces, filled to the limit with Celestial Essence, was one thing; however, completely suppressing his chess Domain formed by the chess pieces, it was an entirely different matter.
As the axe fist descended, the surrounding space immediately parted because of the killing intent contained in the Axe Fist. Suo Qiaoye realised that his own Domain now was at a disadvantage and could no longer kill Ning Cheng as soon as possible as he had initially planned. Seeing the situation turn for the worse, the chessboard in his hands immediately shot out.
"Clang…." Ning Cheng's fist-shadow slammed onto the now-huge chessboard, making a sound of metal hitting metal.
Suo Qiaoye shot back tumbling, as blood sprayed out of his open mouth.
Ning Cheng turned out extremely strong. However, Suo Qiaoye still had a few tricks up his sleeves; otherwise, he could not have managed to block that fist in time. Ning Cheng knew that he could not do his best in this scenario, so he did not continue with another punch.
Seeing Suo Qiaoye shoot back tumbling with blood spraying out of his mouth before finally coming to a stop at the edge of the battle ring, immediately caused a burst of cheers to erupt within the audience seated in the Celestial Forest Arena. Apparently, everyone felt excited about such a fight.
"Very good, you deserve me going all out." Suo Qiaoye stood up and wiped the blood off from the corner of his mouth. At the same time, the chessboard in his hand automatically flew up while it kept doubling in size as it somersaulted a few times over his head.
Without waiting for Ning Cheng to speak, the chessboard suddenly transformed. The huge chessboard looked as if made out of liquid mercury as it started pouring down from the air. This liquid mercury then changed into a twisted, irregular and ever-changing chessboard surface. Six more chess pieces landed on this distorted chessboard before quickly arranging themselves into different positions.
At this moment, Ning Cheng felt as if he had teleported into a strange and twisted array formation; moreover, he was right in the middle of this array formation. There only remained a single thought in his head and that was to get out quickly. Otherwise, he would eventually transform into another chess piece inside, forever sealed in this chessboard.
At this moment, within the Celestial Forest Arena, Ning Cheng was not the only one to have entered the chessboard's Intent Field. Although Ning Cheng had to bear the majority of the brunt, many of the spectators also suffered under the chessboard's Intent Field, as they immediately felt a sense of crisis.
Shi Yulan also looked anxious; although she had a Celestial Gatherer Cultivation, she remained at the edge of the audience. As such, the chess Domain did not affect her; however, she felt anxious for Ning Cheng.
Suo Qiaoye put away the four chess pieces that had created his chess Domain. By all accounts, it should have been easy to take care of this Wanderer; however, now that Wanderer had trapped himself in his chessboard's Intent Field, he definitely would not be able to extract himself from it.
If Ning Cheng had been outside, he could have definitely launched his own Domain to bind Suo Qiaoye, and quickly killed Suo Qiaoye. However, being the central character, this chessboard's Intent Field had immediately brought him in. Only then had a deep sense of crisis emerge within him, telling him to walk out of this place as soon as possible. However, he did not know if a counter-attack was possible.
The six chess pieces started moving faster and faster, and soon shadows of chess pieces covered the entire battle ring. There was also the shadow of the chessboard that remained in constant distortion and mobile. Ning Cheng and Suo Qiaoye's figure no longer were visible.
The spectating cultivators knew what might have happened; from the looks of it, Suo Qiaoye had stimulated his chess Domain to surround Wanderer. However, the Wanderer still seemed struggling within. As such, the final victory or loss depended on whether Wanderer could break free from this predicament.
Suo Qiaoye had indeed trapped Ning Cheng, and right in the middle of this chess arrangement. It seemed that if he stepped in any direction, this flexible and extremely mobile chess array would squeeze him into a paste at any time.
This was not just the array formation, there even was a powerful killing intent emanating from the chess pieces that tried to suppress him. It wanted him to submit, without trying to resist.
Initially, when Ning Cheng still used Spirit Qi for cultivation, he had already made contact with the Axe Intent and the Spear Intent. After that, his Axe Intent had rapidly started to grow towards perfection. When he made his way out of the Angry Axe Valley, and with the additional help of Cang Wei in refining the 36 Cosmic True Devil Axes, his Axe Intent had already transformed into something self-contained with a complete attack system.
It also helped his Spear Intent to experience constant improvement, allowing him to take a step closer to comprehend Intent Fields. As such, his understanding had reached a more profound level compared to other average people.
At this time, Suo Qiaoye's Chess Intent was utterly different from his Axe Intent or his Spear Intent; moreover, it also integrated seamlessly with the array formation, which made it difficult for him to extricate himself from this predicament in a short time.
Moreover, this kind of ever-changing array formation was not a normal low-level array formation but an array formation that neared Celestial Grade. Because the Array Flags of this array formation could not cover the entire chessboard and had a slight flaw, it could not actually make that advancement.
Ning Cheng, who currently felt incapable of extricating himself from this Chess Domain and the Chess Array, continually tried to calculate his own way out. Because of this, he kept his mind trained over the constantly moving chess pieces and the position of the Array Disc. At this moment, only a powerful attack could force him to sober up. Without the sense of crisis from a powerful attack, most likely anyone could manage to kill him at this moment.
Although Suo Qiaoye could sense the state Ning Cheng was in, he, unfortunately, had no extra strength to attack Ning Cheng. His mind remained wholly focussed on his own Chess Intent Field and controlling the Array Disc. He wanted to trap Ning Cheng to death. It was just that Ning Cheng's Domain was too powerful for him to bind Ning Cheng completely.
Suo Qiaoye understood it very clear that once Ning Cheng managed to get off his chessboard's Intent Field he, Suo Qiaoye, would definitely die. He could not help but feel very depressed in his heart because of this match. With a Celestial Shatterer Cultivation, Suo Qiaoye could have killed Ning Cheng before it reached this point. He also could not help but think of what kind of a monster was Ning Cheng to have such a powerful Domain. So powerful that it even made him fearful and apprehensive.
Because Suo Qiaoye felt extremely anxious, he crazily poured every ounce of energy into his chessboard and chess pieces.
Intent Fields did not work that way though; crazily trying to stimulate it would not necessarily make it more powerful, as it was something that one could only grasp intuitively. As such, under Suo Qiaoye's madness, cracks started to appear within his Chess Intent.
The moment Ning Cheng saw those cracks he immediately sobered up. He finally sobered up to the fact that his opponent's Chess Domain had completely surrounded and trapped him. He also recalled what Shi Yulan had explicitly said to him that Suo Qiaoye's Chess Domain had reached a deep level. Although those words had not referred to this situation, it still rang true. At this moment, Ning Cheng felt somewhat grateful for Shi Yulan's visit.
Because of Shi Yulan's information, he always held some vigilance in his heart, which allowed him to understand the opponent's Chess Domain this quickly.
At this moment, after seeing through Suo Qiaoye's Chess Domain, Ning Cheng could break it open at any time and easily kill Suo Qiaoye. However, Ning Cheng did not make any moves. He continued to improve his understandings of array formations and intent field within the Chess Domain. Although fighting against Suo Qiaoye, he had never given it his best from the start.
Spear Intent, Axe Intent, Fist Intent, Chess Intent…
Everything within the universe, as long as one can understand something to a certain level, they can then transform it into an intent field.
At this moment, Ning Cheng had already experienced the Axe Intent in the Angry Axe Valley. He sensed his Spear Intent through the Everlasting Blue Thunder City, and now he got himself trapped in the middle of someone's Chess Intent. All of these allowed him to experience a sudden awakening.
Both his Spear Intent and Axe Intent intertwined and resonated with each other to break through to a new realm at the same time, Partial Omniscience.
Ning Cheng had learned about the realms of intent in the True Cultivation World. His Spear Intent should have already reached the Realm of Major Completion. Now it had advanced to the Realm of Partial Omniscience, which meant that he could manipulate his Spear Intent and Killing Power at will. At the same time, fiddle with Killing Power without doing anything.
"Bang" Ning Cheng's mind felt as if it had opened up to a brand new world, as a more powerful kind of enlightenment welled up inside. As soon as he raised his hand, the Treasured Thunder Spear, which had remained trapped outside the Chess Domain by Suo Qiaoye's array formation, suddenly appeared in his hand. The next moment, his hand relaxed slightly, and the array filled with Chess Intent, which looked like a flowing stream of mercury from the inside, collapsed.
The Treasured Thunder Spear in Ning Cheng's hand had suddenly appeared over Suo Qiaoye's glabella; however, the other party could not even move slightly.
At this moment, his mind could not even bother with Suo Qiaoye, as his understanding of array formations directly soared to the ninth tier before breaking through once again. His mind opened up a new world, an entirely new world.
That is right, at this moment, after gazing into and understanding a Celestial Grade Array Formation; he had officially entered the ranks of Tier 1 Celestial Array Master.
Cold sweat oozed out of Suo Qiaoye's forehead. A moment ago, he still had the upper hand, yet the next moment, he turned into a lamb that the opposite party could slaughter at any time.
He did not dare to move, the Treasured Thunder Spear had bound him. Surrounded by the opponent's Domain, as long as he made the slightest movement, he might just turn into a ghost under the Treasured Thunder Spear in front of him.
"I admit defeat….." Suo Qiaoye screamed out those three words while feeling grateful and happy in his heart that Ning Cheng had not killed him.
A burst of thunderous applause resounded; however, Shi Yulan's excited voice had almost overshadowed the rest of the cheering.
However, Ning Cheng remained motionless. The long spear remained pointed at Suo Qiaoye's glabella, without any intentions of retreat.
Suo Qiaoye's face turned ugly to look at. To the point that even his face turned red from anger and humiliation, this kind of act was a complete insult towards him. Even the faces of the people from the Gale Arena had become hard to look at. This was not just an insult to Suo Qiaoye, but also an insult to the Gale Arena.
Gale Arena had taken the initiative to issue the challenge. However, now that Suo Qiaoye had admitted defeat, the long spear remained pointed at Suo Qiaoye without any movement. If this was not an insult then what was?
In complete contrast to them, the Celestial Forest Arena's Arena Master and the other stewards had a wide grin plastered over their faces. From this point on, the Celestial Forest Arena was bound to be famous within the entire Revolving Jade City.
Ning Cheng honestly had not heard Suo Qiaoye's words; after gaining a sudden deeper understanding into his Spear Intent and Array Formations, his consciousness had also deepened. At this moment, he suddenly understood many of his shortcomings. Although his knowledge regarding the Spear Intent and Axe Intent had reached a very high level, it had not actually formed an attack system.
His Celestial River Flame had already advanced to an intense purple colour a long time ago; however, only recently could Ning Cheng comprehend a manoeuvre, the Nothingness Flame Patterned Spear.
Although he had a Domain much more potent than a normal cultivator's Domain, he could not make good use of the Domain to form a trump card. Even though his understandings of array formations had reached the Celestial Tier, and yet he still could not effectively utilise his perceptions of array formations to fight against enemies.
Even the Maximal Flame Spiritual Technique was not something that he had comprehended on his own, but something taught to him by Eldest Brother Cang Wei.
At this moment, Ning Cheng's mind had turned entirely sober. If he could take all of his different understandings and combine it to form a complete set to use against enemies, would he still need to fight against someone like Suo Qiaoye for so long? Could Suo Qiaoye force him into him Chess Domain?
After Ning Cheng understood his shortcomings, he suddenly gave out a long and loud howl that penetrated through the entire Celestial Forest Arena. He finally recognised what he lacked. Fighting continuously for more than ten days in the arena, he had not gone through it all in vain.
Shi Yulan felt shocked, as she could feel a little familiarity from this howl.
"I already admitted defeat, what do you want?" Suo Qiaoye finally erupted in anger.
Ning Cheng smiled and put away his Treasured Thunder Spear. Killing or sparing Suo Qiaoye no longer felt important to him, not to mention that he currently was in a happy mood.
Seeing Ning Cheng putting away the long spear, Suo Qiaoye felt slightly relieved, yet he boldly spoke out, "Although I lost, you also did your best. Next time, I will not give you this opportunity."
Ning Cheng looked at Suo Qiaoye and calmly spoke out, "You've made a mistake. I didn't do my best."
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Chapter 0520: Wanderer Disappears
Ning Cheng did not lie; he really had not done his best. Whether it was the Maximal Flame Spiritual Technique or the Everlasting Blue Thunder City, he had not used them at all. Ning Cheng had not even used his domain to its full extent, let alone using his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds. The reason he decided to fight against Suo Qiaoye was not for killing him, but just for the experience of fighting.
One could even say that during the-more-than ten days he fought within the Celestial Forest Arena, Ning Cheng had never used his full strength. However, today he achieved all of his goals by fighting against an opponent like Suo Qiaoye.
Looking Ning Cheng casually walking down the battle ring, Suo Qiaoye felt a bit stunned. Was it the truth or was he lying to him? No, it must be a lie. For a Celestial Novice Cultivator that could defeat him, yet say that he did not do his best, how could someone like Suo Qiaoye believe it?
"Congratulations, Wanderer." Zeng Chuxiong greeted him with a face flushed from excitement. "We have a congratulatory party tonight, with you as the protagonist. After tonight, people will sing praises of you throughout the Revolving Jade City."
Ning Cheng smiled, "Many thanks, Steward Zeng. I want to take some rest, and I also need my 5 billion Green Coins."
"Naturally, the Arena Master will give it to you personally in the evening…." Zeng Chuxiong quickly spoke up. He also turned extremely polite towards Ning Cheng. The Arena Master had already made things clear to him that they had to sign a contract with Wanderer. That way, Wanderer would become the Celestial Forest Arena's, Premier Champion.
Ning Cheng shook his head and spoke, "I'm sorry, I have something that I need to purchase currently. However, I do not have the necessary Green Coins. Therefore, I have no choice but to ask for my money right now."
Zeng Chuxiong did not take Ning Cheng's words as something hard to hear. He knew the character of the person standing in front of him, of wanting things as soon as possible. It was the same as the previous time with the Wishful Treasure Light Silk, which the Arena Master had personally handed it over to him the next day. In addition to this, some people naturally did not feel comfortable; whatever be the case, despite a relatively brief battle, the combat showcased remained something exciting.
On the verge of explaining, Arena Master's laughing voice arrived, "That's how it should be."
As he spoke, the Arena Master handed Ning Cheng a Green Coin Card, an anonymous Green Coin Card with 5 billion Green Coins.
"Many thanks, Arena Master." Ning Cheng cupped his fists with the spoils of the battle still in his hand. Whether it was the celebration at night or his fame within the Revolving Jade City, he did not care about it. At least for the current period, Wanderer would not appear in the Revolving Jade City.
"Yulan, when that Wanderer defeated Suo Qiaoye, you cheered the loudest. So why are you silent now?" After returning to the Bright Gist Resting Pen, Lan Ya found that Shi Yulan turned a lot quieter and asked in doubt.
"I don't know if Senior Apprentice Brother Ning has come out of seclusion. It's already been ten days, and in another ten days is the Orchid Borough Celestial River's Celestial Scryer Genius Tryouts." Shi Yulan answered.
Lan Ya smiled, "It's not that simple. Let's go take a look."
Ning Cheng had already returned to his room and had just tidied himself up when Jing Wuming came looking for him. Ning Cheng opened the restriction and let Jing Wuming inside.
"Xiaocheng, are you finally coming out?" Jing Wuming on seeing Ning Cheng had taken the initiative to open the restriction happily spoke out.
"Come on in, I just wanted to stretch my legs a bit." Ning Cheng knew that the three of them, Jing Wuming, Lan Ya and Shi Yulan, had come to watch Suo Qiaoye and his match.
Jing Wuming no longer gave of the melancholic feeling from before. He quickly spoke up in awe, "Xiaocheng, did you know what happened? The two people that framed Lan Ya and injured me some time back ended up dead at the hands of a starry skies' wanderer in the Revolving Jade City. This wanderer has a Celestial Novice Cultivation; however, he could easily kill Celestial Gatherer Cultivators."
Ning Cheng smiled, "That's a good thing."
Although he wished to reveal that, he was the wanderer that Jing Wuming spoke of; however, Ning Cheng and Jing Wuming's relation was not that deep yet. If the news leaked out somehow, it would not bring him much good. After all, this place was the Revolving Jade City. Besides, he could always talk to Jing Wuming about this later. It did not matter much either way.
Gongxi Kui only had a Celestial Shatter Cultivation; however, Jing Wuming treated Gongxi Kui as a Celestial Gatherer Cultivator. Most likely, it was due to the difference in perceived strength between the two.
"There's one more thing. Today, Wanderer represented the Celestial Forest Arena and accepted the challenge from the Gale Arena's Premier Champion, Suo Qiaoye. Moreover, he even managed to defeat that Suo Qiaoye. That Wanderer is just too powerful. I heard that both his domain and Spear Intent had reached a deep level." Jing Wuming started growing more excited the more he spoke to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng asked with doubt, "Didn't you go and see the match?"
Jing Wuming showed a bitter smile, "Although I went to watch, my cultivation is just too low. I could only feel that Wanderer's Spear Intent had reached a deep level. As for his domain, I couldn’t even see it; I just heard it from the others."
"Junior Apprentice Sister Yulan, Senior Apprentice Sister Lan, come in." Ning Cheng opened the Restrictions once again, letting Shi Yulan and Lan Ya inside.
Lan Ya, on seeing Ning Cheng, also happily spoke out, "Ning Cheng, you finally came out. Unfortunately, if you had come out early, you could have gone to watch the match between Wanderer and Suo Qiaoye. It really turned out wonderful."
"Senior Apprentice Sister Lan, Senior Apprentice Sister Yulan…." Jing Wuming greeted the two of them calmly without any change in expression.
Shi Yulan also had a calm face and greeted Jing Wuming in the same manner. As to what went on in the minds of those two, only the heavens knew about it.
"It's a pity. Jing Wuming had already mentioned it just before you came inside. The Orchid Borough Celestial River's Tryouts are about to start, and we still need to prepare a lot for it." Ning Cheng spoke and took out 3 billion Green Coins. Distributing 1 billion Green Coins to each of them, he spoke, "Use these Green Coins and buy the things you feel necessary. Prepare for anything unexpected."
Jing Wuming did not care; he would have taken out all of his Green Coins if Ning Cheng asked. Since Ning Cheng had currently taken out Green Coins, it was only reasonable for him to take them and return them back later.
Lan Ya and Shi Yulan, on the contrary, did not feel too happy to receive those Green Coins. They had already received a lifetime worth of help from Ning Cheng. Moreover, in the Revolving Jade City, 1 billion Green Coins was not a small number, and one could buy many useful things with it.
"Take it. We will have to face many dangers in the tryouts. At that time, we can only depend on ourselves. It is better to buy as many useful things that could help you rather than dying. Besides, if we manage to head to the Time Wilderness, we definitely can obtain many good things. In the future, when everyone manages to obtain a few good things, just don't forget about Lil' ole' me. Besides, I won these Green Coins in the Ocean Gambling City."
Ning Cheng's words caused Lan Ya and Shi Yulan to laugh aloud, and they finally accepted the 1 billion Green Coins.
Ning Cheng took out a few Communication Pearls and handed them to each of them. "Keep these Communication Pearls with you. Each of us gets one. If you face any danger, just stimulate these Communication Pearls, and as long as we remain within a certain range of each other, we could then sense each other's position."
Shi Yulan spoke with some concern, "Um, I don't think I feel confident enough to enter the Time Wilderness or pass the Orchid Borough Celestial River's tryouts."
Ning Cheng waved his hand and spoke, "No need to worry right now. We do not even know the format of the Orchid Borough Celestial River's tryouts, so we do not know if can or cannot pass. Also, I suggest that we do not leave the Bright Gist Resting Pen for the remainder of the time. The Revolving Jade City is not a safe place right now. Wait, Ruan Mingshu's here."
Among the four people, Ning Cheng's cultivation was the lowest. However, Ning Cheng had become the central pillar for everyone here. Moreover, such a situation had formed naturally, without any reason. At the same time, Ning Cheng warned them not to go out due to another reason, the moment that white-robed youth in the Heaven Seated Realm had put a mark on him; Ning Cheng had turned even more careful.
Ning Cheng opened the restriction, Ruan Mingshu on seeing the four people, including Ning Cheng, together, showed a smile and spoke up, "Since everybody is here, can I really come in?"
"Naturally, Junior Apprentice Sister Mingshu is always welcome." Lan Ya stood up first and spoke. Moreover, she not only was older than Ruan Mingshu was, but her cultivation was also at the Celestial Gatherer Realm. At the same time, Ruan Mingshu addressed Ning Cheng as 'Senior Apprentice Brother, while Ning Cheng addressed her as 'Junior Apprentice Sister'; as such, for her to address Ruan Mingshu as 'Junior Apprentice Sister' was only normal.
After Ruan Mingshu greeted everyone, she finally sat down and spoke, "I just received some news about the Orchid Borough Celestial River's selection rounds, so I wanted everyone to know about it."
Wearing the words 'Orchid Borough Celestial River's selection rounds', everyone, including Ning Cheng, focussed their attention over her.
Ruan Mingshu continued, "This time, more than a million Celestial Scryer Cultivators are participating in the Orchid Borough Celestial River's selection rounds; however, the Orchid Borough Celestial River will only choose 10,000 people who could then go to the Man Lun Starry Skies. In other words, the selection rate in approximately one in a hundred. As such, the chances of selection are not that high."
Lan Ya and Shi Yulan glanced at each other, sporting a worried look over their faces.
"This time, they will conduct the selection on the base of one's Celestial Essence depth and the strength of Spiritual Consciousness, while also focussing on the individual's best abilities."
"Can you team up?" Ning Cheng asked, interrupting Ruan Mingshu's words.
Ruan Mingshu shook her head, "It wouldn't work. If the Orchid Borough Celestial River King could not even consider such a matter, then this Celestial River King is simply too weak and immature."
While Ning Cheng and the others immersed themselves in discussing the various news and details about the Orchid Borough Celestial River's selection rounds, the Celestial Forest Arena felt a little anxious. The reason being that the reigning champion of Celestial Forest Arena, Wanderer, who had defeated the Gale Arena's Champion, had disappeared. Not only could no one find his residence, but Wanderer also seemed to have vanished from the Revolving Jade City.
After Wanderer defeated Suo Qiaoye, he had taken his 5 billion Green Coins and disappeared without a trace. The Celestial Forest Arena's banquet, which now lacked its protagonist, turned into a colossal joke. However, compared to the Gale Arena, the Celestial Forest Arena still came out as the biggest winner.
"Was Wanderer secretly caught by the Gale…?" Zeng Chuxiong made a gesture in front of Arena Master.
The Celestial Forest Arena's Arena Master shook his head, "It shouldn't be the case. This Wanderer is definitely not someone simple. Do not judge him by his rough appearance. Not only does he know when to advance and retreat, but he has a very keen mind. Most likely, the reason why that man demanded his reward before disappearing was that he knew that the Celestial Forest Arena wanted to force him into a contract. In other words, it was us who most likely forced him to take the initiative to leave the Revolving Jade City."
"Just now, someone from the Orchid Borough Celestial River King's side came, wanting to meet Wanderer. How do we answer them?" Zeng Chuxiong asked, feeling somewhat depressed.
"Let's just state the truth. The Orchid Borough Celestial River King would know that we did not deceive him."
It did not matter how things got due to other matters, or even how bland, facing the Man Lun Starry Skies' Celestial Scryer Genius Tryouts, the Orchid Borough Celestial River's masters would never deem it as something trivial.
Numerous cultivators from all over had made their way to the Revolving Jade City before finally reaching the Orchid Borough Celestial River's competition grounds.
The Orchid Borough Celestial River King attached great importance to these tryouts; as such, not only did he personally preside over it, even his favourite concubine, Xuan Yu (Revolving Jade), accompanied him at his side.
When Ning Cheng and the others arrived at the Orchid Borough Public Square, there were already more than a million people gathered there. Even so, this massive public square did not feel too crowded.